[A4] A4 clutchless shifting

[cody at 5000tq.com]

Quoting mike <mikemk40 at yahoo.com>:

> I suppose there are two main failure modes
..gradual
> wearing out after 150k and sudden if a spring or
> similar breaks
>


Usually the biggest reason for sudden clutch slippage is oil. A spring  
in the disc center is not going to make it slip, only a pressure plate  
leaf failure would really do that. I'd venture to say that the number  
one cause of sudden clutch failure is oil on the disk, especially in  
the "slip" failure mode. Pressure plate failure is rare.

-Cody Forbes